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FORESTRY. 



Five years' experience in planting forest trees, W, A. Buck- 



JIOUT {Feniisi/lvania Sta. llpt. 1^93^ pp. 153-155). — Experinieuts liave 

 been in progress to test tree and seed planting at tlie college grounds 

 and on a small area of wild land. The details of preparation and plant- 

 ing were given in the report of the station for 188S (E. S. Bnl. 2, 

 pt. 2, p. 136). The results have uot been wholly satisfactory. The 

 mountain plat proved not well adapted to the purpose, as the under- 

 shrubs crowdcvl out that which was jilanted. The chestnut trees failed 

 entirely in the mountain plat and grew very poorly at the college. A 

 reason for this is that the ground was too loose and permitted the deep 

 taproot to dry out before the lateral roots were developed. The white 

 pine trees at the college made the best growth, averaging 4 to 5 ft. in 

 height. The mountain planting of the same kind of trees gave smaller, 

 weak trees, which are not well established. The principal injury to 

 these trees was done by the pine weevil {Pissodes strohi) and the woolly 

 pine louse {Schizoneurapinicola). 



The author concludes that considering the time, expense, and risk 

 involved, artificial forest planting can not be recommended, at least in 

 the way pursued in the experiment, and that natural methods of refor- 

 esting, supplemented by some seed sowing, thinning, and planting, will 

 suffice for the present and the near future. 



Experience Avith evergreens in Pennsylvania, G. C. BuTZ (rennsylvania Sta. Ilpt. 

 1S93, pp. 142-149, pi. 1).—A repriut from I'.iille.tiii 23 of the station (E. S. R., 5, p. .54). 



The long leaf pine and its struggle for existence, W. W. Ashe {Jour. Elisha 

 Mitchell ScL Soc, 11 {1S04), No. 1, pp. 1-16). 



The plr«iting of beech trees, P. Hauguel {Rev. Hort., 66 {1S94), No. 24, pp. 5S4, 

 5S5). — General notes on this iioiut. 



The black walnut in the West, C. A. Kkkker ( Garden and Forest, 8 {lS95),p. 12). 



The green ash in the "West, C. A. Keffeu {Garden and Forest, S {1S95), p. 32). 



The -white elm in the West, C. A. Kekfkk {Garden and Forest, S {1SD5), p. 53). — 

 This tree is reconiniended as a forest tree for the West on account of its resistant 

 powers and rapid growth. 



The New South Wales blue gum, J. H. Maiden {Agl. Gaz. N. S. W., 5 {1S94), 

 No. 11, pp. 743-747, pi. 1). — Illustrated and descriptive and economic notes on Euca- 

 lyptus saligna. 



Notes on the tree flora of Chiricahua Mountains, I, J. \V. Toumey {Garden and 

 Forest, 8 {1895), pp. 12, 13). — Au account of a botanical excursion through northern 

 Mexico and soutlieru Arizona. 



A descriptive list of the trees of Java, S. H. Koorders {Mededeelingen 'SLanda 

 Planientuin, 1894, No. 12, pp. 175). 



Water and forestry and agricultural production, L. Grandeau {Jour. Afjr. 

 Prat., 59 {1895), No. 2, pp. 50-52).— A. brief resume of the work of Henry Schiibler, 

 Schlfising, and Wollny. 



Forest conservation, A. Kinney {California State Bd. Hort. Bpt. 1893 and 1894, 

 pp. 326-328). — A general popular article urging the importance of the preservation 

 of forests from destruction and their influence on rainfall. Federal control of forest 

 lauds 18 advocated. 



